416 QUESTIONS ON 



558. What difference between their skins and that of those who 

 bathe ? 



559. What daily practice does perfect health require ? Is water 

 alone sufficient 1 



560. What custom has prevailed in some nations ? 



561. In what are the English and Americans surpassed by some 

 other nations? 



562. Describe different kinds of baths. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



563. What bath is suitable in good health ? 



564. What maybe easily used instead of a plunge bath? 



565. What are a proper time and manner of taking the cold bath ? 



566. Is the time required for the bath lost time ? 



567. Who may not safely use the cold bath? 



568. What is occasionally necessary? 



CHAPTER XV. 



569. What are the good effects of cold bathing? 



570. What confirmation does Dr. A. Combe give ? 



571. What is recommended to the weakly? 



. 572. What condition of the stomach should be regarded? 



573. What is the best time for the bath ? 



574. What common notion is erroneous ? 575. Give an illustration 



576. To what else may the same principles be applied ? 



CHAPTER XVI. 



577. What effect has bathing on the nervous sensibility? Why is 

 a burn on the skin often more dangerous than a deeper wound ? 



578. What neglect blunts the sensibility of the skin? How does 

 cleanliness increase it? 



579. State the case of Laura Bridgman. 



580. What is the practice of Esquirol ? 



581. What has been shown in regard to the structure and offices of 

 the skin ? 



582.* What duties belong to every human being? 



PART VI. 



BONES, MUSCLES, EXERCISE, AND REST. 

 CHAPTER I. 



583. What is the structure of the bones ? When are they strong ? 



584, 585. What is the condition of the bones at different periods of 

 life? 



